Klomp wrote:Baseline81 wrote:Klomp wrote:Losing basketball? We are above .500.
Are you that blinded? Its more about how they are playing while barely being above .500.
BE BETTER, KLOMP.
I think it's largely a factor of how the NBA is these days. You have three or four teams at the very top of the league during the regular season that are better than everyone. Then you have a group of 10-15 teams within only a few games that can beat each other on any given night. Then you have the rest of the league.
In 2021-22, we were in the second group. The mood was relatively optimistic within the fan base despite some frustrating outcomes from game to game. The postseason showed serious flaws that needed to be addressed.
In 2022-23, we were in the second group. The mood was relatively pessimistic within the fan base after making a contentious trade, even though on the surface it was supposed to address those flaws.
In 2023-24, we thought we were in the top group. Life was pretty great. But then the postseason was a humbling experience as there were serious flaws that needed to be addressed.
In 2024-25, we are in the second group again. The mood is relatively pessimistic within the fan base after again making a contentious trade, even though on the surface the trade was supposed to address those flaws.
Agree with all but the bolded - I honestly feel as a fan, the WCF loss wasn't humbling as such, it was educational - We knew where we needed to improve, and the FO started looking at moves to address the flaws - They just made an astronomically bad move which did more damage than rectification.
I will add that hindsight is 20/20 so this is all easy for us to say about past decisions. But we're fans, it's what we do.